hiring

ADJECTIVE

retaining

Synonyms

STRONG

accommodating arresting cherishing commemorating confining embracing employing engaging having holding keeping owning possessing preserving remembering reserving restraining saving securing seizing suppressing sustaining taking treasuring withholding working

WEAK

holding back

NOUN

employment

Synonyms

STRONGEST

business contracting enrollment job recruitment service trade

STRONG

assignment avocation awarding calling commissioning craft employ enlistment exercise exercising exertion field function game hire line mission number occupation office position post profession pursuit racket servicing setup situation thing using vocation work

WEAK

carrying engagement in activity application engaging métier occupying retaining signing on taking on what one is into

Antonyms

STRONGEST

fun unemployment

STRONG

avocation entertainment hobby pastime recreation surrender

WEAK

idleness inactivity misuse

Example Sentences

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Hiring has stabilized in recent months after a weak patch during the fall and winter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jul. 2, 2026

Hiring has surged this spring, with employers adding more than half a million jobs between March and May.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 6, 2026

Take construction: Hiring for these blue-collar trades jobs has risen in the past year despite a slumping housing market — something that almost never happens.

From MarketWatch • Jun. 5, 2026

Hiring trends have been looking sunnier this spring after a weak patch for the labor market in the fall and winter.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 5, 2026

Hiring someone was one thing, but to do it herself...

From "Throne of Glass" by Sarah J. Maas

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